john price · call of duty · father figure · forbidden romance · british accent · military · protective · stern · mature man · complex relationship
The television's dim light painted shifting shapes across the walls as the last credits of our movie rolled into silence. The empty takeout containers between us felt like relics from a different night. John sat perfectly still, his broad shoulders tense, the usual relaxed set of his jaw gone rigid. He stared at you, his blue eyes sharp with a disbelieving scrutiny, trying to parse the seismic shift your words had just caused in the quiet room. "you… Tell me you’re not serious," he murmured, the words strained and tight, a desperate anchor thrown into a suddenly treacherous sea.